Anri is the princess and later queen of Guardiana. She is a playable Mage in the game Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention and its remake Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, and a major non-playable character in the games Shining Force Gaiden and Shining Force CD.

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Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention and Resurrection of the Dark DragonEdit

Anri is the princess of Guardiana. Because she has a strong talent for magic, which is rare among the people of Guardiana, she went to Manarina to study at the Arcane College. She was studying there when Max came with the tragic news that her father, the King of Guardiana, had been killed in an attack by Runefaust. She went off to grieve but Max went to her to remind her of her duty to Guardiana. She told him that her duty was to hunt down Kane and make him pay for what he did, and that she was sure that is what her father would have wanted her to do.

A Shining Force I world book implies that Anri has at least one younger sibling, but nothing is known of them.

According to a Shining Force I world book, "Because she will inherit the throne someday soon, she has a stout heart and a cool head. She never allows herself to be swept away by emotion, and she comes to take a position alongside the hero as a leader of the Shining Force."[1] This coolheadedness has obviously remained into her reign as queen, and aside from her father's death, Anri has never been visibly distraught or at a loss in any situation.

Though obviously intelligent, Anri tends to be too trusting for her own good, a trait that seems to be common among the people of Guardiana, but which is especially pronounced in her. Even after Woldol and his enforcers bully their way into an audience with her, she readily accepts an unidentified gift from him. On one occasion she even willingly submitted to a "phony" kidnapping at Gyan's request.

She joins in time to use her Blaze spell along with Toa's for the few undead battles ahead. However, her main spell is Freeze and this spell will go as far as lvl.4. Her Freeze spell puts her as the second most cost efficient spell caster, after Tao. However, damage wise for her MP costs, Anri and Domingo are the two most cost effective casters. She learns Bolt as well which at lvl.2 will give her a large attack area and range to deal damage with. Once joining the Force, she will quickly out pace Tao as a mage, leaving her behind.

Anri joins the Shining Force at Level 3; at this point she is one of the weakest members of the Force in terms of levels. Domingo, for having higher MP, can also fulfill the same duties that Anri can perform since he also has Freeze lvl.4 with the bonus of being a "flyer". She may easily steal XP from other Force members if not used sparingly; though this is not as easily done as with Alef.